The Switch deployed state-of-the-art connectivity to support live coverage of this year’s French Open. The deployment in Paris’s Stade Roland Garros, home to the Grand Slam tournament, allowed the transport of uncompressed HD feeds via dedicated fibre paths to the main broadcast rights holders. The Switch’s delivery network enabled Tennis Channel to reach its largest […] More
The French Open is taking place once again at Roland Garros in Paris, yet it is all change for this Grand Slam. 2021 sees the Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT) and its new host broadcaster, HBS, taking the production over from France Télévisions for the first time, as well as bringing in a plethora of […] More
France TV’s live broadcast of the French Open tennis tournament from Roland Garros is seen as a showcase of excellence in sports broadcasting; an event that pushes engineers and manufacturers to innovate in infrastructure and supporting technologies, as well as trialling options for standardisation and pathways to the future. In 2020 the tournament was postponed […] More
MultiCam Systems is helping France Télévisions deliver high-quality video coverage of the 2020 French Open which is taking place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris between 27 September and 11 October. Originally slated for 24 May to 7 June, organisers pushed the event back to October due to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis. For […] More
France Télévisions is again utilising Sony’s HDC-4300 system cameras to deliver simultaneous production in 4K, HDR and HD from the Philippe-Chatrier central court at Roland Garros, Paris. The PWS-4500, Sony’s new 4K live production server, is also being used in France Télévisions’ infrastructure for 4K ISO recording, provided by Video-Plus rental facility. The 4K stream […] More
Eurosport will broadcast the 2012 French Open live in 3D via Sky in the UK market. The global sports channel will broadcast a live 3D feed from Centre Court at Roland Garros from May 28 to June 10, and it will be available to UK sports fans, nonexclusively, via Sky 3D TV. The announcement follows […] More
